Aizen Mairi - Aizen Mairi

...In the early modern period, it developed into a deity of love, and became the guardian deity of prostitutes in particular. Aizen pilgrimages by common people became popular, and talismans of Aizen Myoo were thought to be effective for wounds. Aizen pilgrimages were particularly famous at the Aizendo Hall of Shogan-in Temple, Shitennoji Temple, and since Aizen is related to indigo dyeing, the Aizen Society was formed by indigo merchants in Osaka, who made pilgrimages on New Year's Day and the first day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Aizen Mairi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…近世になると恋愛の本尊へと発展し，とくに遊女の守護神ともなった。庶民の愛染参りが盛んとなり愛染明王のお札は傷によく効くと考えられた。愛染参りはとくに四天王寺勝鬘院の愛染堂が有名で，愛染が藍染に通ずることから大坂の藍商仲間で愛染講が結成され，正月元日，旧6月1日に参詣した。…

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